Chapter Summaries

Gu Yue asked Cheng Xiao to use his unusual Destruction King Martial Soul to remove the divine power eroding her wounds. After the two joined their minds and Gu Yue began controlling Cheng Xiao’s body, he summoned his Martial Soul and started transforming into a dragon.

• Gu Yue explained that wounds inflicted by the Three Great God Kings had damaged her foundation and could not be healed by Bi Ji because they contained divine power.
• Gu Yue told Cheng Xiao that his Martial Soul might remove the God of Destruction’s power from her wounds and strengthen the Evil God Orb within him.
• Cheng Xiao realized Gu Yue intended to control his body again, and he complained that she had withheld the plan when he spoke with Di Tian.
• Gu Yue fused part of her soul with Cheng Xiao and told him to cooperate because she could no longer control his body completely on her own.
• Cheng Xiao summoned Martial Soul · Destruction King without a soul ring, and the Martial Soul Possession began transforming him into a dragon.

Cheng Xiao used the Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and, with Gu Yue’s help, drew the Three Great God Kings’ powers from the Silver Dragon King’s wounds into his body. After absorbing the Destruction God King’s and God of Evil’s powers, he was struck by a sudden surge of the Asura God’s power.

• Cheng Xiao possessed himself with the Dragon Emperor, and Gu Yue helped him control its destructive power.
• Cheng Xiao and Gu Yue connected his Soul Power with the Silver Dragon King’s and drew out faint powers of the Destruction God King and the God of Evil.
• Cheng Xiao endured severe injuries as he circulated the two powers into the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Plate.
• The Destruction King devoured the Destruction God King’s power, and the Evil God Orb fused with the God of Evil’s power.
• A wisp of crimson baleful energy entered Cheng Xiao, and Gu Yue recognized it as the Asura God’s power.

Cheng Xiao was overwhelmed by the Asura God's killing intent, so Gu Yue merged her Spiritual Body into his Spiritual Sea to help him contain it. The power fused with his Elemental Power and formed demonic markings across his body, while Gu Yue feared their spiritual bond might make it difficult to reclaim her separated soul.

• The Asura God's power seized control of Cheng Xiao and drove him to attack the Silver Dragon King, but Gu Yue intervened and joined his Spiritual Sea.
• Cheng Xiao tried to absorb the killing intent into his Tai Chi Yin-Yang Plate, but the Shadow King and Destruction King rejected it, sending the power rampaging through his body.
• Gu Yue used her Elemental Power to encircle the killing intent, which then fused with it and spread through Cheng Xiao's meridians as silver-and-red demonic markings.
• Cheng Xiao's pain and murderous impulses disappeared, but he and Gu Yue were left exhausted, and their spiritual fusion became irreversible.
• Gu Yue ordered Cheng Xiao to return to the lakebed every day for training, then worried that reclaiming her separated soul might leave her without the dominant position.

After half a year of treating the Silver Dragon King, Cheng Xiao had reached rank fifty-seven but suffered from Asura Killing Intent that obstructed his Soul Power. Di Tian challenged him to develop insight and self-created techniques instead of relying only on his martial soul and cultivation, leaving Cheng Xiao to reflect on his shortcomings.

• Cheng Xiao emerged from the Lake of Life and noted that the Asura Demonic Marks were worsening his Soul Power circulation, though the Silver Dragon King's injuries were beginning to heal.
• Di Tian appeared after half a year and criticized Cheng Xiao for focusing only on cultivating Soul Power.
• Di Tian warned Cheng Xiao that rank and martial soul abilities alone would not prepare him to face the God Kings.
• Di Tian explained that Cheng Xiao lacked aptitude for enlightenment and relied too heavily on fixed skills rather than developing his own techniques.
• Di Tian left Cheng Xiao pondering his words by the lake.

Cheng Xiao reasoned that cultivation required both Soul Cores and comprehension, then met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had come to satisfy her curiosity about humans. He agreed to tell her about the human world.

• Cheng Xiao concluded that comprehension distinguished powerful deities and that he needed to cultivate Soul Cores while continuing to seek enlightenment.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion secretly approached Cheng Xiao, who was the first human she had ever seen.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pretended to be a terrifying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and explained that she was an Auspicious Beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Cheng Xiao to describe the human world, and he agreed to tell her stories.

Cheng Xiao struggled to develop Self-Created Soul Skills until Di Tian explained that he needed to understand Soul Power through real combat. Di Tian showed him the Dragon God's Claw in an illusion, and Cheng Xiao began reflecting on the experience.

• Cheng Xiao repeatedly practiced soul skills and tried to shape his Soul Power, but months of effort produced no breakthrough.
• Di Tian explained that Self-Created Soul Skills required understanding Soul Power's Three-State Transformation rather than relying on the habits of soul-ring skills.
• Di Tian told Cheng Xiao to seek insight through life-and-death combat and learning from others.
• Di Tian struck at Cheng Xiao with the Dragon God's Claw, making him experience the sensation of being killed in an illusion.
• Cheng Xiao realized the attack had been an illusion and began comprehending the Dragon God's Claw, while Di Tian watched and rested.

Cheng Xiao continued winning the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s trust by telling her stories, then resisted the chance to complete an Attribute Connection while she slept. After a month of meditation by the Lake of Life, he created his first Self-Created Soul Skill, and Di Tian praised his progress.

• Cheng Xiao told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion the story of Dragon Raja: Black Moon Tide, and she wept over Eriyi’s death.
• Cheng Xiao blamed Tang San for the tragedy and warned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to stay away from him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion fell asleep against Cheng Xiao, and he suppressed his urge to complete an Attribute Connection through her third eye.
• After meditating for a month beside the Lake of Life, Cheng Xiao used his Dragon Emperor Martial Soul to unleash a destructive claw attack and learned his first Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Di Tian appeared behind Cheng Xiao and praised his progress.

After more than two years of treatment, Cheng Xiao and Gu Yue removed the last of the Three Great God Kings’ power from the Silver Dragon King, allowing her to recover. Gu Yue vowed to seek revenge on the God Realm, while Cheng Xiao emerged from the lake after nearly drowning.

• Di Tian praised Cheng Xiao’s progress in understanding the Dragon God’s Claw and told him to focus on becoming a god.
• More than a year later, Gu Yue and Cheng Xiao began the Silver Dragon King’s final treatment at the bottom of the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yue drew out the remaining power from the Silver Dragon King, and Cheng Xiao fainted from the pain.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened and recovered as elemental forces stirred across the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts congratulated the Silver Dragon King, who vowed to avenge herself on the God Realm.
• Cheng Xiao surfaced coughing and complained that he had nearly drowned while everyone celebrated.

After completing the Silver Dragon King's treatment, Cheng Xiao discovered that accumulated Asura Killing Intent had left him unable to use Soul Power or soul rings. He decided to return to the City of Slaughter to learn to control it, and the Silver Dragon King reluctantly agreed.

• Cheng Xiao finished treating the Silver Dragon King and asked Di Tian when their cooperation on Spirit Souls would begin.
• Di Tian asked whether Cheng Xiao could still use Soul Power, and Cheng Xiao discovered he had lost access to it and his soul rings.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that sealed Asura Killing Intent had accumulated inside Cheng Xiao and was suppressing his Soul Power.
• Di Tian said Cheng Xiao needed to experience slaughter and master the killing intent, prompting Cheng Xiao to recognize the method used in the City of Slaughter.
• Cheng Xiao insisted on returning to the City of Slaughter, and the Silver Dragon King eventually agreed.

Di Tian gave Cheng Xiao an inverse scale that could protect and track him, but Cheng Xiao discovered it would block him from inheriting a god position. Furious over the deception, Cheng Xiao ended the meeting by warning the soul beasts that another lie would end their cooperation, then left determined to find a way to overcome the inverse scale.

• Di Tian gave Cheng Xiao a black inverse-scale pendant, which Cheng Xiao recognized as a source of protection and a way for Di Tian to locate him.
• Cheng Xiao accused Di Tian of concealing that the inverse scale's heavenly-condemnation power would prevent him from inheriting a god position, and Di Tian's expression changed in surprise.
• Cheng Xiao told Di Tian and Gu Yue that their cooperation depended on mutual trust and warned that another deception would end it.
• Cheng Xiao left and considered the three ways to break the inverse scale: killing Di Tian, surpassing his strength, or having a god shatter it.
• Cheng Xiao set aside his worries and declared that he could succeed if Huo Yuhao could.

Cheng Xiao prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion caught up with him and begged for another story before he went. After comforting her, Cheng Xiao suddenly pressed his forehead against her third eye to connect with her.

• Cheng Xiao left the Silver Dragon King recuperating beneath the Lake of Life and headed toward the outskirts of the core region.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion confronted Cheng Xiao for leaving without telling her and negotiated for one more story.
• Cheng Xiao told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion the story of "Dragon Raja: Odin's Abyss," and she cried over Eriyi's death.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tearfully asked Cheng Xiao to stay, and he comforted her until she calmed down.
• Cheng Xiao seized the chance to press his forehead against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye and connect with her.

Cheng Xiao formed an Attribute Connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, gained her power of Fortune, and broke through to rank sixty. After sharing memories, he fled before she could reveal what she had learned, leaving her to return with Di Tian.

• Cheng Xiao’s Attribute Connection with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion weakened the seal on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power, letting Cheng Xiao break through to rank sixty as life energy flowed into her.
• Cheng Xiao discovered that his Spiritual Sea had doubled in size and that a golden sphere of Fortune had appeared at its center.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion realized she had formed an Attribute Connection with Cheng Xiao and received his memories, while Cheng Xiao was overwhelmed by five thousand years of hers.
• Cheng Xiao stopped the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from revealing what she had learned and ran off, telling her to keep their secret.
• Di Tian found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and led her back toward the core region as she privately vowed to confront Cheng Xiao when he returned.

Cheng Xiao tried to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, but the Titan Giant Ape ambushed him and pinned him down with Gravity Mire. As the Titan Giant Ape moved to kill him, Di Tian’s reverse scale opened a black vortex and released a terrifying aura.

• Cheng Xiao reflected on exchanging memories with Three-Eyed Golden Lion and hurried away to avoid her questions about his origins.
• Cheng Xiao used his Shadow Domain to evade Soul Beasts while making his way out of the core region.
• The Titan Giant Ape spotted Cheng Xiao and chased him, revealing it had waited outside the core region for over two years to avenge the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Titan Giant Ape trapped Cheng Xiao with Gravity Mire and raised its fist to kill him.
• Di Tian’s reverse scale glowed and opened a black vortex in front of Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao escaped the Titan Giant Ape with help from Di Tian’s Inverse Scale and continued out of the Star Dou Great Forest. He encountered Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and the Skywater Academy dean, introducing himself after Shui Yue’er mistook him for a threat.

• Di Tian’s dragon claw shattered the Titan Giant Ape’s arm and drove it away from Cheng Xiao.
• The vortex vanished, and Cheng Xiao set out again to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shui Bing’er told the dean that she had safely absorbed a seven-thousand-year soul ring and reached rank forty-two.
• Shui Yue’er screamed after encountering Cheng Xiao, prompting the others to rush over and shield her.
• Cheng Xiao explained that he only wanted water, and he introduced himself as Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao, still weakened and unrecognized after two years in the Star Dou Great Forest, joined Heavenly Water Academy’s group as they headed out and learned how events had unfolded. He left with a clearer picture of the growing conflict between Spirit Hall, the sects, and the empires, as well as the postponed tournament now offering three powerful Soul Bones.

• The Heavenly Water Academy Head questioned Cheng Xiao after her group recognized his name, but the others dismissed the idea that he was Spirit Hall’s missing Saint Son.
• Cheng Xiao claimed he had been separated from his companions, and the head invited him to travel with Heavenly Water Academy out of the forest.
• Cheng Xiao hid his face beneath a hood and asked the head about the past two years while she tried unsuccessfully to learn his background and strength.
• The head told Cheng Xiao that Spirit Hall and several sects had clashed after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan blamed Spirit Hall for its Sect Master’s death, while tension between the Two Great Empires also continued.
• The head explained that the Advanced Soul Master Tournament had been postponed for a year but would proceed with three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones as the champion’s reward.
• Shui Yue'er boasted that Shui Bing'er’s Ultimate Martial Soul and over-limit fourth Soul Ring would secure the championship, and Shui Bing'er told her not to talk nonsense.

Cheng Xiao learned that Feng Xiaotian and Yu Tianheng had also absorbed soul rings beyond their limits, and discovered that Yu Tianheng had joined Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu might be in danger of exposure. At the Star Dou Great Forest exit, the group faced Spirit Hall soldiers demanding a record of their hunts.

• Shui Yue'er told Cheng Xiao that Feng Xiaotian and Yu Tianheng had successfully absorbed soul rings beyond their limits.
• Shui Bing'er explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had suffered losses and internal divisions after Yu Yuanzhen fell in the Beast Tide battle, and that Yu Tianheng later joined Shrek Academy.
• Cheng Xiao realized Xiao Wu might be at Shrek Academy without the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to hide her identity and considered preventing Tang San from obtaining her skills.
• Cheng Xiao and the Skywater Academy group reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s walled exit, where they waited nearly half an hour for Spirit Hall to open the gate.
• Two Spirit Hall soldiers stopped the group and ordered the Heavenly Water Academy Head to register the soul beasts they had hunted, their ages, and their locations.

Luo Xishui confronted Nie Zhong after Spirit Hall soldiers tried to force Skywater Academy to register details of its hunt. Their clash was interrupted when Nie Zhong recognized a token thrown at him, and he abruptly claimed the confrontation had been a joke.

• A Spirit Hall soldier demanded that Luo Xishui register the ages and locations of the Soul Beasts Skywater Academy had hunted, and Luo Xishui sent the soldiers flying with her icy Soul Power.
• Nie Zhong arrived and pretended to reprimand the soldiers, then invited Luo Xishui for tea; she accused him of trying to recruit Shui Bing'er into Spirit Hall and refused.
• Nie Zhong dropped the pretense and insisted Luo Xishui follow the registration rules, and the two released their Martial Souls and clashed as Soul Sages.
• Someone threw a token at Nie Zhong, and after recognizing it as genuine, he broke into a nervous smile and called the confrontation a misunderstanding.